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Kipling & Westhumber

Kipling Ave & Westhumber Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · West Humber-Clairville · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

Kipling & Westhumber is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in West Humber-Clairville. At the corner: a bike lane and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
20,497
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 28, 2025
3,362 pedestrians · 86 cyclists · #862 busiest
Collisions
93
police-reported · 2016–2025
3 killed or seriously injured · #1190 of 5,519
Getting there
4
TTC stops within 100 m
6 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
43/100
city median 48
3 places to eat within 300 m

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Kipling & Westhumber

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 28, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 7,839 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 38% of the total, against 2,381 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the south (37 of 86). Evening rush dominates here: 1,944 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:45 p.m., against 1,729 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north7,520southbound · 22 bikes · 5.0% heavy
From the west2,757eastbound · 9 bikes · 6.2% heavy
Total vehicles20,4973,362 pedestrians · 86 cyclists · 5.4% heavy
From the east2,381westbound · 18 bikes · 9.0% heavy
From the south7,839northbound · 37 bikes · 4.4% heavy

Peak hours: 1,729 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,944 from 2:45 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The worst year was 2024, with 17 collisions; 2025 recorded 8. 20 collisions (22%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 14 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 10 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (11%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 24, 2026.

Of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 2 pedestrians and 1 cyclist were among those hurt. All happened in daylight or lit conditions (citywide, 39% of KSI collisions occur in darkness). 2016 alone accounted for 2 of them. The most recent was on May 2, 2017. Going back to 2006, the total is 6.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions93#1190 of 5,519
With an injury20#837 of 4,669
Property damage only60
Fail to remain14
Involving a pedestrian7#391 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist3#692 of 2,576
Severity not classified12
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
Killed or seriously injured3#79 of 1,505
Fatal1
Involving a pedestrian2#81 of 879
Involving a cyclist1#37 of 271
In darkness00% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20066latest May 2, 2017

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

Traffic on these streets

The City's most recent midblock count on Kipling Ave between Westhumber Blvd and Henley Cres (141 m away, Sep 2014) recorded volume only — about 22,304 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kipling Ave · Westhumber Blvd – Henley Cres · 141 mSep 2014 · 3 days22,304———

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

The crossing
Signal 0733, activated 1965 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
45 96 nearest 20 m
Express
945 996
Blue Night
345 396
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m — Kipling Ave at Westhumber Blvd; Westhumber Blvd at Kipling Ave
Cycling
Bike Lane on Westhumber Blvd installed 2010; Sharrows on Brookmere Rd installed 2022
Bike Share
no station within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
13 mapped lots within 500 m, 134 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. Toronto Public Health inspects 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 3 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 30 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Kipling Heights Pharmacy, 51 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Kipling Acres, a long-term care home 382 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Tim Hortons · 2281 Kipling Ave30 m
  • 2-4-1 Pizza · 2291 Kipling Ave201 m
  • Shilvi Street Food · 2291 Kipling Ave Unit-111201 m
3 within 300 m · 3 within 1 km
Pharmacy
Kipling Heights Pharmacy 51 m
Child care
  • Kipling Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 36 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day519 m · 6 min
  • Sunny Faces Day Care Centre - St. Benedict Site · 76 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day609 m · 7 min
  • Sunny Faces Day Care Centre - Rivercrest · 100 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day698 m · 8 min
3 licensed centres · 212 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • West Acres Seniors Centre Washroom · hours not listed441 m · 5 min
  • Sunnydale Acres Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season624 m · 7 min
Drinking water: Esther Lorrie Park 449 m · 5 min (off)
Health and care
  • Kipling Acres · long-term care home382 m · 5 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks
Community centres
Schools (7)
  • St Benedict Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 609 m · 7 min
  • Rivercrest Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 698 m · 8 min
  • Monsignor Percy Johnson Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 926 m · 11 min
  • West Humber Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Greenholme Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 16 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Rexdale branch279 m · 3 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a grocery store.

43of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food7/30

    3 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit13/28

    12 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go7/14

    library 279 m away

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    nearest park 0.5 km · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.6 km · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 414 rental units. The nearest is 5 Jansusie Rd (103 m, 45 units, 3 storeys, built 1967), which scored 88 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
5 Jansusie Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc.453196788 · Sep 2026103 m
15 Jansusie Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc453196781 · Sep 2025201 m
25 Jansusie Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc.453196386 · Jul 2024309 m · 4 min
35 Jansusie Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc.453196381 · Sep 2025408 m · 5 min
2329 Kipling Ave · Sunrise Property Management405196881 · Aug 2024456 m · 5 min
70 Esther Lorrie Dr · Signet Group Inc.977196398 · Sep 2025591 m · 7 min

7 registered buildings · 414 units · tallest 7 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Three thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see West Humber-Clairville.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kipling & Westhumber a dangerous intersection?

By serious injuries, yes: it ranks #79 of 1,505 for killed-or-seriously-injured collisions in 2016–2025. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is Kipling & Westhumber?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #862 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.27× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Kipling & Westhumber a walkable intersection?

Kipling & Westhumber scores 43 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: nearest park 0.5 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; library 279 m away; 12 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

Where can I park near Kipling & Westhumber?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 134 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,490 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Kipling & Westhumber by transit?

Bus routes 45, 96, 945, 996 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kipling Ave at Westhumber Blvd, 20 m).

What restaurants are near Kipling & Westhumber?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 3 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (30 m), 2-4-1 Pizza (201 m) and Shilvi Street Food (201 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Kipling & Westhumber?

The nearest is West Acres Seniors Centre Washroom, 65 Hinton Rd, 441 m away. Next nearest: Sunnydale Acres Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (624 m); Esther Lorrie Fieldhouse Washroom (667 m).

Is there child care near Kipling & Westhumber?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 212 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kipling Early Learning & Child Care Centre (519 m, 36 spaces), Sunny Faces Day Care Centre - St. Benedict Site (609 m, 76 spaces) and Sunny Faces Day Care Centre - Rivercrest (698 m, 100 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kipling & Westhumber?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 414 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5 Jansusie Rd (103 m, 45 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 15 Jansusie Rd (201 m, 45 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 25 Jansusie Rd (309 m, 45 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 35 Jansusie Rd (408 m, 45 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 88 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Kipling & Westhumber?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the West Humber-Clairville page.

What neighbourhood is Kipling & Westhumber in?

Kipling & Westhumber is in West Humber-Clairville (City of Toronto neighbourhood 001). It is in Ward 1, Etobicoke North, represented by Councillor Vincent Crisanti.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined